Window construction



R. T. AXE.

WINDOW CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION nuzo JUNE 21, 1917.

1,407,314. Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

2 u. 5g 7 l 5", 1 25' A TTORNE Y8 BOY '1. AXE, OE SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIG-NOB TO THE 0. M. EDWARDS INQ, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, CORPORATION OF NEW YORK}.

COMPANY,

WINDOW CONSTRUCTION.

To all whom it may concern} I Be it known-that I, ROY T. Am, a citizen I of the United States, and a resident of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Window Construction, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object a particularly simple andeflicient window construction by which the sash is held from removal out of the frame, and which can be readily operated to permit the sash to be removed bodily; and the invention consists in the novel features and in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary view illustrating in front elevation a window frame and sash embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is an edge View looking downwardly in-Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view through a window sashand frame embodying my invention.

This window construction comprises, generally, a frame havlng means for guiding a sash but might be called inner window stops.

The rear strips 4 are formed with extensions 5 which lap the rear face of the sash and together with Said strips form rear stops which hold the sash from displacement outwardly. Each extension 5 is sheet metal bent angularly in form and having its base flange 6 mounted upon a sheet metal filler 7 bent in the form of a channel and arranged in the channel between the strips 3, 1. Each extension 5 is usually formed with an inturned flange 8 which extends in a rabbet or groove 9 in the rear face of the sash, and

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 21, Application filed June 27, 1917. Serial No; 177,214." I i the sash is provided with a sheet metal strip 10 extending into the channel formed by the flange8. The extension 5 and its flange 8, and the part 10 constitute a weather strip ping.

The strips 3-are usually bent up out of sheet metal and are formed with a menopposed to the rear stop 4'01'130 the filler 7, and with'a beveled face 12' for coacting with the window catches, to 'be-presently described. 7

. Thefront and rear sides of the channels; for the sash above the position occupied by the sash when in its lowermost position, lap the side margins of the sash as shown at- 18, and the sash is provided with springpressed members 14 having rollers 15 which bear against like sides, as the front sides 13 of the channels in order to hold the sash flatwise against the rear sides.

Each member 14c may be of any suitable form, size and construction and usually includes a rock shaft journaled in a bracket 16 on the upper edge of thesash and carry ing at oneend a rock arm which carries the roller 15, and having its other end acted upon by a coil spring 17 r The means for holding the sash from bodily displacement inwardly past the stops 3 include members carried by the sash and slidable laterally beyond the edges thereof into position to engage the faces 11 of the stops 3. There is one of these'members on each side of the sash, and in this embodiment of my invention, each consists of a slide 18 usually carried by the base plate 19 of the window catches or. inserted between these base plates'and the sash, the slides having lengthwise slots 20 therein through which the screws 21 extend which hold the base plate in position. The slides 18 are provided with outwardly extending lips or thumb catches 22.

The window catches may be of any suitable form, size and construction and include bolts 23 operated by levers 24, the bolts coacting with the beveled faces 12 of the stops 3 to hold the sash lock in its closed position, or if desirable to hold the sash at different elevations.

In operation when it is desired to remove the sash, the slides lS are moved inwardly carrying their ends out of engagement with the sto s 3, so that the sash can bQlIlOVBd bodily orwardly after the window has been 110 lid slightly raised to clear the window sill. The lower end of the sash is first pulled outwardly and the rollers thereafter can pass below the ends of the parts 13.

What I claim is:

1. In a window construction, the combination of a frame formed with a lengthwise channel, a sash having one of its side edges located near and out of the channel, a window lock including a base plate mounted on the sash at said edge and coacting with the frame, and a member carried by the base plate and movable laterally beyond the edge of the sash into the channel to hold the ,window sash from detachment from the occupied by the sash when in itslowermost position, extending inwardly, far enough to lap the margins of the front and rear faces of the sash, and the outer sides of the lower portions of the channels lapping the outer face of the sash and forming a stop therefor, and the inner alls of said lower portions of the channel being spaced apart a greater distance than the width of the sash, means on the upper edge of the sash ooacting with the sides of the upper portions of the channelto hold the sash tight, and means on the sash extending beyond the sideedges thereof for engaging the walls of the channels and normally holdingthe sash from bodily displacement, substantially as and for the pur pose described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, and State of New York, this 9th day of May, 1917. V

' ROY T. AXE. 

